19/08/2026
I’M SORRY, BUT WHEN DID THE GOVERNMENT GET TO DECIDE THAT THEY OWN OUR CHILDREN? 🤬
Because this new school attendance crackdown coming in September has pushed me over the edge.
Parents can be punished because they can't afford the extortionate prices during school holidays.
Parents can be punished because their child needs a day at home.
And apparently we're just supposed to sit there, nod our heads and accept it.
NO.
Our children are not government property.
They are not numbers on an attendance spreadsheet.
They are not machines that need to clock in every morning to keep some ridiculous percentage looking good.
They're CHILDREN.
If my child is exhausted, struggling, overwhelmed or having a genuinely awful mental health day, I should be able to make a parental decision about whether they need a day at home without being threatened with a fine.
And don't even get me started on holidays.
Families work hard all year. Parents deserve time with their children. Children deserve memories with their families.
And for many families, travelling during the school holidays can cost hundreds or even thousands of pounds more.
So what exactly are ordinary working families supposed to do?
Stay at home because we can't afford your holiday-season prices?
Meanwhile politicians lecture us about “family values”.
Funny that.
They want parents working.
They want parents paying taxes.
They want parents contributing to the economy.
But when those same parents want to spend a few days creating memories with their children, suddenly we're criminals who need FINING.
The hypocrisy is unbelievable.
This isn't about saying education doesn't matter.
Of course it matters.
It's about PARENTAL CHOICE, COMMON SENSE AND THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN.
And honestly?
If more parents stopped quietly accepting every new restriction and started saying ENOUGH, maybe they'd realise we're not going to be bullied into submission.
Our children get ONE childhood.
You don't get to give it back to us.
So I'll ask you — are you going to accept the fines, or is it time parents finally started standing together and saying NO?
Because personally, I'm sick of being told what I'm allowed to do with my own family. 🇬🇧🤬
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